Donkey Duke - if you knew anything about airline (or even business) economics you'd be aware that reducing your fixed (overhead) costs as far as possible is the name of the game. Don't worry too much about the direct operating costs - but if you've got aircraft parked, I'd rather it was fully amortised L1011s than A330s costing over US$1m a month -
each!
In fact, with the price of fuel so low, an L1011 has a lower cost per seat than an A330.
So how's that?
